Comparison of nephrostomy drainage types following percutaneous nephrolithotomy requiring multiple tracts: Single tube versus multiple tubes versus tubeless

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-27

  Resorlu, Berkan ^a   Kara, Cengiz ^a   Sahin, Erhan ^a   Unsal, Ali ^a  

^a Kecioren Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Multitract; Nephrostomy drainage; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Tubeless

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051796257     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324264     Document Type: Article

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